Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is an international provider of software and combined hardware and software products for IT security, including network security, endpoint security, data security and security management.

Steps

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Before installing the checkpoint SPLAT(smart platform). Install VMware. From http://www.vmware.com/ and install it. VMware is used to create a virtual machine to install the SPLAT. Make note that the Check Point SPLAT is an operating system.

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Now, you need to use the checkpoint SPLAT iso to install the operating system.

Now select your Guest OS as Linux and choose version as Red Hat Linux.

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Give a name for your virtual machine. click on next, select default space to 20GB.

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In the next window, select customize hardware, change the RAM size to 1024MB at least.

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Now comes the important part, select the network adapter and select the types of network adapters you wish to have in your virtual machine. I recommend a Bridged connection and a VMnet connection for starters. This will help you install NIC's.

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Now click close and finish to start the Virtual Machine.

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Follow the onscreen instructions to install SPLAT OS. It's a straight forward installation from here. Make sure to make note of your IP.